The 2022 Xiangya Fuqing Medical Education International Forum was successfully held at Changsha, capital of Hunan Province from November 25-27, 2022. With Xiangya Hospital CSU taking the lead, the Forum was sponsored by Xiangya School of Medicine of Central South University, and co-organized by the Second Xiangya Hospital, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Hunan Xiangya Stomatological Hospital CSU, Haikou Hospital Affiliated to Xiangya School of Medicine, Changsha Hospital Affiliated to Xiangya School of Medicine, Xiangya Hospital Zhuzhou CSU and Xiangya Changde Hospital. All the meetings of the Forum were held both online and offline and in strict compliance with the requirements for epidemic prevention and control throughout the process.
The online and offline opening ceremony of the Forum was attended by: Wang Qiming, Deputy Director-general of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Yi Luqian, Deputy Director of the Hunan Provincial Health Commission, Liu Qijun, Director of Higher Education Division, Department of Education of Hunan Province, Chen Xiang, Executive Vice President of Central South University and Dean of Xiangya School of Medicine, Tao Lijian, former Executive Deputy Party Secretary of CSU, Chen Lizhang, Vice President of CSU, and Li Zhihong, Vice President of CSU. Chang Shi, Party Secretary of Xiangya School of Medicine of Central South University, hosted the opening ceremony.
Chang Shi, Party Secretary of Xiangya School of Medicine of Central South University, hosts the opening ceremony
Chen Xiang, the Executive Vice President of Central South University, said that a thriving education makes a thriving country, while a powerful education makes a powerful country. Medical education constitutes an important cornerstone for the development of healthcare sector. This year’s forum is named after Mr. Yan Fuqing, one of the founders of Xiangya Medical College and the Chinese Medical Association, for commemorating his outstanding contributions and encouraging us to strive further for greater achievements. According to Chen, the Forum focuses on the high-quality development of medical education in the new era. It aims to further implement the national strategy, build the awareness of “Comprehensive Health”, further promote the coordination between clinical care and medical education, and improve the quality of training medical personnel. In doing so, we will work hard to develop world-class medical education with Chinese characteristics, and enable medical education to contribute to the accelerated building of China’s strength in education, science and technology, workforce, and the implementation of the Healthy China Initiative.
Chen Xiang, Executive Vice President of Central South University, delivers a speech of welcome at the opening ceremony
Liu Qijun, the Director of Higher Education Division, Department of Education of Hunan Province, said that Xiangya has given full play to its leading role in medical higher education and scored remarkable achievements in academic development, technical progress and personnel training. Guided by the “Xiangya Model”, a new system for developing medical education is put into place across the entire Hunan Province, exerting wide influences and achieving brand effects in the medical industry. Liu hoped that the “Xiangya Model” would be further introduced into the training of medical personnel, and that constant efforts be made to modernize the governance system and governance capacity for medical education, and to greatly enhance the brand effects of Xiangya as well as the comprehensive strengths of Xiangya in school running, so that Xiangya could provide new experiences for promoting the high-quality development of medical education across the Hunan province.
Liu Qijun, Director of Higher Education Division, Department of Education of Hunan Province, delivers an address at the opening ceremony
Yi Luqian, the Deputy Director of the Hunan Provincial Health Commission, pointed out that medical education is a lifelong education process in which one’s private interest should become increasingly less important and give way to the public health. In this process, the oath of medical student, the most essential requirements for global medical education and the philosophy interpreted by the school song of Xiangya School of Medicine always provide the criteria of values. Guided by such criteria, we are committed to pursuing academic excellence while embracing lofty ideals. According to Ms. Yi, Xiangya has set up many role models. We should learn from them and make our significant contributions to people’s health in our medical career. A healthy population is a key mark of a prosperous nation and a strong country. We should adhere to the principle of putting people and people’s life in the first place, and closely follow the strategy of national development to take the initiative in innovative development. We should stick to the right school-running orientation, and stay true to our original intention of cultivating people with moral integrity. We should also cultivate talent for the Party and the State, and improve the quality of personnel training in all respects.
Yi Luqian, Deputy Director of the Hunan Provincial Health Commission, gives an address at the opening ceremony
Wang Qiming, the Deputy Director-general of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, emphasized that medical universities and colleges are an important combination for medical sciences and technologies that are regarded as primary productive forces, health personnel as primary resource, and innovative medical treatment technologies as primary driver of growth. It is necessary to concentrate efforts to achieve effective results in the following four respects: developing a high-quality medical education system through the coordination between medical colleges and hospitals, constantly improving the quality of personnel training based on a self-reliance approach and guided by core factors, blazing new trails in medical education with the innovation of mechanism as the breakthrough point, and fostering new drivers for medical education with digital technologies as the new impetus. According to Mr. Wang, when setting off on a new journey in the days to come, medical colleges and universities should align their thinking and actions with the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the CPC, always bear in mind the country’s most fundamental interests, uphold fundamental principles and break new ground, improve the quality of training medical personnel with a self-reliance approach, and provide basic and strategic support for fulfilling the Healthy China Initiative.
With the theme of “High-quality Development of Medical Education in the New Era: Inheritance, Integration and Innovation”, the Forum was composed of a main forum and three parallel sessions. Nearly 50 experts from 20 domestic and international well-known colleges and universities were brought together to discuss heated topics such as reform and innovations of medical education, digitized education, faculty team development, training of medical personnel, ideological and political education and curriculum development. Other topics discussed included strategy and management of medical education, technologies and methodologies involved in medical education, assessment and study of medical education, development and practices of virtual reality, and the training program for teachers guiding students in their residency in simulated environment.The Forum took the forms of thematic forums and special-topic reports, facilitating participants to have in-depth exchange of views.
The main forum was centered on four topics: reform, innovation and development of medical education, ideological and political education and curriculum development. Wang Songling (Vice-President of theCapital University of Medical Sciencesand the member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences), Fan Xianqun (Vice President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering), and Zhang Qin (Deputy Party secretary of Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences) shared their views on the training of medical personnel, development of new medical disciplines, and reform of medical education and teaching. Wang Weimin, Vice President of Peking University Health Science Center, presented theWFME Global Standards for Quality Improvement: Basic Medical Education, which was published in 2020, and the inspirations therein for the medical education in China.
Many speakers shared their respective explorations and practices about making innovative reform of medical education. They included: Chen Xiang (Executive Vice-President of Central South University), Tang Qizhu (Vice President of Wuhan University), Zhou Tianhua (Vice President of Zhejiang University), Li Xinhua (General Manager of People’s Medical Publishing House, Co.,Ltd.), Timothy R.Billiar (Associate Senior Vice Chancellor for Clinical Academics, University of Pittsburgh), Yao Wenbing (Vice President of China Pharmaceutical University), Yi Fan (Vice President of Shandong University and Dean of Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University), Deng Shixiong (Deputy Party Secretary of ChongQing Medical University) and Qu Bo (Vice President of China Medical University). Other experts also aired their views on ideological and political education, curriculum and textbook development, and faculty development. They included: Yang Jin (Deputy Editor-in-chief of People’s Medical Publishing House, Co.,Ltd.), Kuang Ming (Dean of Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University), Fadio Khuri (President of the American University of Beirut (AUB) and Vice President of the Lebanese Academy of Sciences) and Wang Yuan (Deputy Director of Department of Education, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center)
The three sessions were themed with “Strategy and Management of Medical Education”, “Technologies and Methodologies Involved in Medical Education”, and “Assessment and Study of Medical Education”, respectively. Exchanges and discussions at each session were centered on two topics. Nearly 30 experts and professors gave lectures and shared their experiences at these sessions. They included: Ye Ling (Vice President of Sichuan University), Wang Tinghuai (President of Guangzhou Xinhua University), Li Jun (former Party Secretary of Anhui Medical University), Qian Ruizhe (Director of Academic Affairs Office of Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University), Jiang Guanchao (Director of Education Department of Peking University People’s Hospital), Shao Li (Director of Office of Academic Affairs of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine), Li Yan (Party Secretary of School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Liu Qilin (Director of Department of the standardized residency training programs, Chinese Medical Doctor Association), Lu Yan (Associate Research Fellow of Development and Research Department, National Medical Examination Center), William Eley (Executive Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education and Continuing Medical Education, Emory University), Joseph C. Kolars (Senior Associate Dean at the University of Michigan Medical School),Robert M. Rohrbaugh (Associate Dean for Global Health Education at Yale University School of Medicine) and Maritta Anneli Vaelimaeki (Foreign Professor of Xiang Ya Nursing School, Central South University).
With a history of more than a century, Xiangya boasts profound historical traditions and well-established strength in medical education. Since 2018, it has sponsored four international forums on medical education, establishing a platform for domestic and international exchanges with extensive influences. The 2022 Xiangya Fuqing Medical Education International Forum invited renowned experts from both China and other countries to hold online discussions on medical education. It was live streamed on http://www.rednet.cn/and the video channel of Xiangya Hospital CSU, capturing the attention of universities and colleges across the country and relevant media agencies, and attracting an audience of nearly five million. A new journey is to be started in the new era. Xiangya will adhere to the path of developing high-quality medical education. While basing itself on the present, it sets its sight on the future. It will be further operated with global awareness and vision, and contribute still more to the Healthy China Initiative!
Source: Xiangya Hospital of Central South University; Author: -
